Montgomery BOE amendment doesn't mention 'school board'

Alabama, Montgomery officials amazed by omission

1:36 AM,
Nov. 6, 2012

Written by

Brad Harper
bharper1@gannett.com

Voters in Montgomery County will find an amendment on the ballot today that asks if they want to change local "terms of office," but never mentions what office.

The proposed amendment is meant to decide whether voters want to shorten Montgomery County Board of Education terms from six years to four years. The last item on a ballot that includes 11 other amendments, it makes no reference to the school board or any other specific position.

State leaders said the original act, passed last year by the state House of Representatives and Senate, mandated the specific phrasing on the ballot and that ...